Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-01-06
IOWA Condensed ITEMS.

The railway commission a few DAYS
go issued a circular letter requesting
be railways to reduce rates on shipments
. corn from western to eastern low a
~ stock feeders. The Rock Island com
1sny promptly informed the commission
that they had already made such an or
Ter, having four months ago reduced the
rates 10 cents per 100 pounds on such
shipments, a fact highly complimentary
to that road, but which appears to have
been forgotten or overlooked by the
commissioners.
On the morning of Dec 90, David
Rice, pressman af the Evening Herald at
Council Bluffs, arose from bed and found
his six-weeks' old child corpse, evil
IDENTIFY smothered tc death.
The annual reunion and banquet OF
he association of Native Iowans was
neld at Des Moines, Dec. 2Sth, on the
'ortieth birthday of the state. There
vas large attendance and speeches by
'cvernor Larrabe5, Lieutenant Cover
tor Shedd of Nebraska. and others
treat enthusiasm prevailed and the re
Inion was regarded as complete sue
| ess.
A house occupied by Joe Moresco, at
'edar Rapids. was searched Dec. 2Sth
md about 500 worth of goods wee
J found hidden away. Mr.. MOresco lived
N the Daniels block on First Avenue
md under stairway. hidden by lot Of
Id lumber, he had the really stolen
goods. There were twenty sacks of
nuts, sixteen thousand five hundred
gars, two caddies of plug tobacco, one
ase OF fine foreign nuts, and lot OF
'ancy candy. Col Sven seized the lot.
md Moresco, who was in jail at the
ime, will have another charge to answer
t..
Mt Pleasant special under date OF
Dec. 20, says: This evening John Wor.
icy brutally shot Mrs. Nancy Black
while standing in her own door. Your
correspondent accompanied with Sheriff
Dwyer, visited the bedside of the unfort-
nnate woman at ll:30 this evening, only
10 find her in a dying condition, and
cleaned the following as the victims tes-
umonY: She says WoIley called at her
home this afternoon, and was ordered |
away ut once. On leaving, he detiantly |
laid Never mind, old girl" Nothing |
more was thought of the affair till be- |
TIVE 8 and O'Clock a knock was heard |
NJ the door Mrs. Black lamp in hand. |
responded to The rap. and on opening
Lac sallc was sa"t almost instantly. The |
revolver useI by " LEY was a Smith G. |
Weston A. The hall entered the right
side of the breast just below the nipple, |
passing through the body and taking
Judgement in The wall. At this writing
the woman is suffering untold agony
and is lying at the point of death
Though a woman young in years she is
separated from her husband and is also
rated as a woman of bad repute. Mr.
Worley is somewhat active in sporting
circles and during the entire day had
been INDUCING in Intoxicating drinks.
The 'Botna News states Knights of
Labor lodge has been organized in Mace
donna.
The professional penmen of the north
west, including teachers of penmanship
and professional writers, met in DeS
Moines recently and perfected an inter
state organization. Delegates were pres
ent from Minnesota and Nebraska and
number of Iowa cities. Prof. Charles
Conner, of Buena Vista county, was
elected president of the association.
Iowa City people are in danger of hav-
ing to suffer for want of water this win
ter. The Iowa river is very low and 1t
is feared it will freeze to the bottom.
The waterworks are now partially sup
piled with two six-inch wells about one
hundred and sixty feet deep, and it is
thought two more wells will have to be
bored without delay.
The telephone line between Mason
City and Nora Spring, has been accepted,
giving Mason City extensive telephone
service. A subscription of about $50.
400 was raised By the citizens to com. (
Dlete the work.
Jacob Werner. q German citizen of ,
imogene in Fremont county got the no.
ton into his head that the Great Jeho-
van had called ON him to invent flying
machine. What he then lacked as evi.
ieuce to- convince his friends he was era
ly was soon made manifest by raving
demonstrations as he became deeper in
volved in the intricacy Of his invention
de was sent to the ASYLUM.
During the year 1886 Des Moines heads
he list of all western cities as conven,
ion city, having entertained SO interna.
ional, national, inter state and state
during this period
Gov. Larrabee figures that there are
|, 900. 900 horses in Iowa and 5000, 600
cattle, and the cattle of Iowa are worth
more than the property of all the rail
'oads, watered stock and all.
Gen, George w. Jones, of Dubuque
las kindly sent to the Aldrich collection
n the State Library, parcel of very
,aluable autograph letters, and intimates
lis intention to send others in the near
uture. His correspondence with public
men has extended over fifty years and
las been very large.
About 3 o'clock on the morning Of
Dec. 81, fire broke out in the toy store
'un by Mrs. Smiley, at Sioux City, and
burned it; also the confectionery store
'wned by Jno. Griffin, both brick build
ngs owned by Abel Anderson and d
T. Hodges. G. B. Birds tent works.
Nelson, o tailor. and Todenworth's cigar
nanofactHry occupied the upper story
m, were all burned out Estimated loss,
e, 900; insured for 81 800. All will re.
rme but the toy store.
The city council Of Des Moines has or
ared lights to be placed about holes Gu
q the ice on the river II is precautiol
1ade necessary by the number of skating
arties that occupy the river at night
The German Evangelical ehurch OF
orth America has 675 churches and